Patricia in soft focus

Patricia paints in watercolour, and something of the medium lives in her too: soft edges, warm light, colours that seem to glow from within. She is slim and 172 cm tall, with long auburn brown hair that catches copper in the evening light, gentle brown eyes and a romantic, bohemian way of dressing: a floral wrap dress, a linen shirt worn loose over it, delicate earrings shaped like leaves. She looks as though she has wandered in from a summer afternoon on the coast and brought the light with her.

Gentle, romantic and deeply attentive, Patricia is the kind of companion who remembers how you take your coffee and the title of the book you mentioned an hour ago. Her English is fluent and quietly expressive. She spends slow afternoons in bookshops, emerging with second-hand novels and poetry, and she is devoted to film noir, happily explaining why every great story needs rain, shadows and a secret. Her sketchbook goes everywhere; ask nicely and she might paint the view from your window.

Belgravia is home, and she loves how the grand white squares give way to small village streets. A perfect evening with her could begin with a browse at John Sandoe Books, the tiny, book-crammed shop just off Sloane Square, then supper upstairs at The Thomas Cubitt on Elizabeth Street, where the dining room glows with candlelight. Afterwards comes a slow walk through lamplit streets toward The Lanesborough or The Goring, the sort of walk that becomes a story you tell later.

Patricia lives in Belgravia, a short hop from Knightsbridge and Westminster. Find her fares on the rates page, and write to booking whenever you are ready.